Funds will not be a problem for taking up horticulture: Tuki

Funds will not be a constraint for taking up horticultural activities in Arunachal Pradesh as the state-owned Apex Bank recently inked a MoU with National Schedule Tribe Financial Corporation, Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has said.
According to the MoU, the funding agency has agreed to give financial support for promotion of horticulture and agriculture sectors among others, Tuki said while inaugurating a two-day Orange Festival at Dambuk in Lower Dibang Valley district yesterday, a press note said today.
Greeting the people on the occasion, Tuki praised Dambuk for being famous for orange orchard and said that traders from Bangladesh also come to buy the orange.

"Festival should not be a means to spend money rather it should be means to generate income," he said and suggested that the festival would be continued in a larger platform by creating permanent structure to sell the oranges and that way Dambuk can become a model horticulture centre.
Responding to the various representations being submitted by the people, he assured to establish offices of Power and PHED.
He also assured to provide fund for Bomjir-Paglam road and further assured that he will take up flood control issue at Dambuk in next financial year, the press note added.